She was afraid that such frequent meetings and exchanges might lead Ji Jianshen to misunderstand her intentions.
As Ye Xinning pondered this, she became somewhat lost in thought, only snapping back to reality when the headlights of a car shone on her from a distance.
Looking over there, the car stopped, and Shen Lin got out of the car.
Upon seeing Shen Lin, Ye Xinning's first reaction was to turn around and leave, and in fact, that's exactly what she did.
But after taking only a few steps, her hand was grabbed by someone chasing after her, and she could no longer take another step forward.
She frowned and had no choice but to ask Shen Lin, "What are you doing? Let go."
"Are you really planning to never see me again?"
Ye Xinning thought this was a bit of an exaggeration. "It's not like we'll never see each other again. We still have to go through divorce proceedings later."
"Is there nothing else between you and me to talk about besides divorce?"
Ye Xinning found this rather amusing. "Otherwise what? Shen Lin, what else do you think we could talk about? Or rather, do you think we should talk about Jiang An? Your aunt? Or maybe your child with Jiang An?"
Jiang An, the child, and Mu Mingwei will always be a thorn in Ye Xinning's heart, one she can never let go of in this lifetime.
When Shen Lin heard Ye Xinning say this, he knew that she couldn't get over this matter, and he also knew that he would always be sorry to her in this matter.
“I can’t change the fact about Jiang An, and I can’t reverse time to change what my aunt did, but you have to believe me, if I could do it all over again, I would never have stored my sperm at that time, and I would never have given my aunt the opportunity to do those things.”
Shen Lin's words meant nothing to Ye Xinning. Recalling Shen Lin's attitude when Gu Shilin had his accident, Ye Xinning felt chilled to the bone.
"Shen Lin, it's over between us. Back in Nancheng, after that fire, you promised to set me free. Are you going to go back on your word now?"
Shen Lin's gaze was deep. "That's because you used your own safety to threaten me, Ningning. You know, if you hadn't done that, I would never have let you leave."
To others, Shen Lin's words might seem like deep affection, or a love that runs deep, but to Ye Xinning, they sounded incredibly sarcastic.
“Chen Lin, we’ve come this far, there’s no going back to the best times. Can you change what your aunt did? Can you change the fact that Jiang An gave birth to your child? No, right? And I’ve discovered that there are still many problems between us. You don’t trust me, and there’s nothing but suspicion between us.”
Shen Lin stared into Ye Xinning's eyes, and almost instantly understood what Ye Xinning meant after she finished speaking.
"So, you're still angry about how I treated you that day?"
No one has explained it clearly, but everyone knows it refers to the day Gu Shilin learned the truth.
“Shen Lin, it’s true that you’ve been cold and distant towards me since that incident.”
"You're bringing these things up now to tell me you still care about me, right?"
Ye Xinning shook her head. "I'm just telling you that I'm glad I gave up on you enough back then, otherwise your suspicious eyes and cold attitude would have hurt me again."
Shen Lin was startled. What Ye Xinning meant by that was that she no longer cared about his attitude.
He looked at Ye Xinning with regret, "I was too anxious at the time, and Gu Shilin's hand was injured. He is my family member since I was a child, so I did that. Ningning, I apologize for my lack of composure at the time. I'm sorry, okay?"
Ye Xinning remained expressionless in the face of Shen Lin's apology.
"You don't need to apologize to me. I already said that your attitude at the time didn't affect me at all. I've decided to get a divorce. Shen Lin, go back to Nancheng in the next day or two and end things between us. From now on, whether you want to welcome Jiang An into the Shen family or let your child return to the Shen family, that's your business and has nothing to do with me, Ye Xinning."
After saying this, Ye Xinning turned to leave.
Shen Lin grabbed her hand tightly from behind and forcefully embraced her from behind. "Ningning, I don't want to, I don't want a divorce."
Ye Xinning lowered her head, and Shen Lin's hand landed on her waist. She used all her strength to break free.
"Shen Lin, it's over for us."
She spoke coldly, her words devoid of any warmth.
"It won't end, it won't end."
Ye Xinning was at her wits' end by his persistent pestering and didn't know what to do when a voice sounded from behind her.
"Chen Lin, let her go."
Ye Xinning turned around and saw her father, wearing a coat, appearing with Aunt Wen's help.
"dad."
"Chen Lin, let go." Ye Xinning lowered his voice.
With Song Zhengchu already here, Shen Lin dared not do anything more.
He promptly released Ye Xinning's hand.
After gaining her freedom, Ye Xinning went to Song Zhengchu's side, not even glancing at Shen Lin, and said, "Dad, let's go."
"You go in first, I need to say a few words to Shen Lin."
Ye Xinning looked at Song Zhengchu, unwilling to leave, wondering what he wanted to say to Shen Lin.
Song Zhengchu patted her hand and said, "Go ahead, it's alright."
Ye Xinning had no choice but to go in first.
After Ye Xinning disappeared from sight, Song Zhengchu walked towards Shen Lin and stood beside him.
Then, he raised his hand and slapped Shen Lin across the face without hesitation.
Shen Lin received a solid slap, his face was turned to one side, but his expression did not change at all.
"I'm sorry to Ningning. It's right for Dad to hit me."
"Don't call me Dad, Mr. Shen, I can't accept that." Song Zhengchu said, his tone cold enough.
Shen Lin pursed his lips and remained silent. He should bear all of Song Zhengchu's anger, as he had wronged Ye Xinning.
"sorry."
Song Zhengchu felt nothing for Shen Lin's apologetic words, which he had swallowed his pride to say. On the contrary, Song Zhengchu said coldly, "Do you think you have any right to be by Ningning's side? Was my car accident caused by your aunt?"
Shen Lin's gaze was deep. "I've already had Mu Chaochao sent in."
Where is your aunt?
Please give me some time.
Upon hearing this, Song Zhengchu laughed sarcastically, "What you want is not time, but Ningning's compromise."
Shen Lin raised his eyes and looked at Song Zhengchu, no longer calm.
"Am I right? You're weighing the options, you're waiting, waiting for Ningning to be less resentful of your aunt, waiting for you to have the best of both worlds. Mu Mingwei is your aunt, so you can't bear to do certain things, but you don't want to let go of Ningning either, so you're delaying, waiting for Ningning to change her mind. Shen Lin, tell me, am I right about what I just said?"
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